American Founding & Experience

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This course will be an interdisciplinary exploration of the Founding of the U.S. using materials from history, political science, the arts, and religion. Students will explore how their worldviews help them better understand how to integrate ideas (including American notions of liberty, independence, property, and freedom of religion or conscience) about America, the so-called "American Dream," and its achievements and inconsistencies to discern a comprehensive and coherent vision of the American experience in today's world.